WW2 Trench Art Parachute / Flower Ring Size:9 modelled in 15 karat gold

modelled in 15 karat gold and featuring both bezel (pearls) and cut-down (green garnets) settings

and the larger is likely French based on the design (dated 27th of May 1834)

in the case of this ring it represents Free France

This necklace is particularly well adorned

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WW2 Trench Art Parachute / Flower Ring Size:9 modelled in 15 karat goldDATE: WW2, c. 1940 Remarkable WW2 "trench art" ring, circa 1915. At first (and for quite a while actually) I thought it was a simple flower design with petals and central copper detail, but looking at it now is it really a parachute and soldier viewed from the ground? During WW2 a more mechanised army offered the soldier artist access to more advanced tools and materials, so the variety and intricacy complexity of the pieces was greatly expanded. And